yesterday's appointment

Our appointment yesterday was actually kind of comical. Gracie had kicked the fever the evening before and was feeling much more like herself. We drove over to Nemours in Jacksonville and we're shown into our exam room immediately upon arriving. As the nurses and then Dr. Joyce came in, Gracie put on one of her best shows of smiling, flirting, and playing. Dr. Joyce took one look at her (and listened with his stethoscope) and canceled the xray of her chest and the blood cultures. Why? Because as of right now, she's fine. There's no need to draw blood again and certainly no need for another xray. She had gotten both of those things done here in Lake City at the ER and nothing has shown up in any of them. So they giggled with us and cheered and clapped with Gracie and sent us back home (after about 15 minutes total) with instructions to call and check in with them on Monday and Thursday, and of course to call if there were any changes. Our next appointment will be a week from this Tuesday if all goes well, and we hope at that time to get another culture showing that Gracie is RSV negative. Until then, we're keeping Gracie pretty close to home if at all possible. We want her to stay well and rested and minimize her exposure to any more germs while her new immune system is busy kicking this virus in the butt.
Thanks for all of the extra prayers and please keep them coming. We need her to strong and keep fighting this virus. We're praying that she continues to keep the symptoms at bay and stays fever free.

Much love.